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February 2009

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September 12, 2008

1) Bold those you have read.2) Put an asterisk next to those you started but didn't finish.3) Italicize those you intend to read (or have started and intend to finish).4) Red the books you LOVE5) Reprint this list in your own blog.

July 24, 2008

No, it's not the name of a Chinese dish, it's Thai astrology, sort of. I just finished reading Bangkok Haunts by John Burdett . I loved it. It was slightly gruesome, but immensely entertaining - perfect summer reading. Among other things I learned about Thailand was the fact that the Thai's have a "good luck" color for each day of the week. Cool. Upon doing a bit of reading about it, I also found that everyone has lucky colors associated to their Birth Day. Wow. Who knew. I've probably been wearing the wrong colors all along, and perhaps you have too. So in an attempt to remedy that situation, I present the following:

Traditionally it is believed that Buddha spent seven days
following his enlightenment thinking of the suffering of all living creatures
and how unimportant his life was prior to reaching enlightenment.

In Thailand,
the majority of people practice a form of Theravada Buddhism. It is based on
the Pali Canon augmented by the practices, beliefs and magic traditions that
make it unique to Thailand.
Buddhism is based on the Four Noble Truths through the practice of the
Eightfold Noble Path and the daily Five Basic Precepts.

Thais are superstitious and believe that their day of birth
reflects their life and there are seven Buddha images to reflect each day of
the week (actually, there are eight Buddha images but I’ll talk more about that
in a moment).

The days are also each assigned a different color and many
Thai people pay special attention to this. The most visible example is the
wearing of yellow shirts on Mondays to honor HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Likewise,
you will see many blue shirts each Friday as that was the day of the week that
HM Queen Sirikit was born.